Independent Author Reviews

The 2012 Reading List

So how indie was I in 2012? Here’s my reading list for 2012 and my indie scorecard:

Order

Cover

Title

Author

Indie

001

The Time Machine

H. G. Wells

N

002

Across the Nightingale Floor

Lian Hearn

N

003

Ghosts of a Beach Town in Winter

Kathleen Valentine

Y

004

De Bello Lemures

Thomas Brookside

Y

005

Loss

Glen Krisch

Y

006

Night Camp

L.C. Evans

Y

007

A Gathering of Gargoyles

Meredith Ann Pierce

N

008

Harbour

John Ajvide Lindqvist

N

009

Northwoods Deep

Joel Arnold

Y

010

Bangkok Burn

Simon Royle

Y

011

The Pearl of the Soul of the World

Meredith Ann Pierce

N

012

Tender is the Night

F. Scott Fitzgerald

N

013

Verdant Skies

Steven Lyle Jordan

Y

014

Only Ever Always

Penni Russon

N

015

Work of Art

John Black

Y

016

Rocannon’s World

Ursula Le Guin

N

017

The Survival of Thomas Ford

John A. A. Logan

Y

018

Wool (Omnibus)

Hugh Howey

Y

019

The Remains of the Day

Kazuo Ishiguro

N

020

The Kult

Shaun Jeffrey

Y

021

Pulchritude

Ana Mardoll

Y

022

Fahrenheit 451

Ray Bradbury

N

023

Cthulhu in Wonderland

Kent Kelly

Y

024

The Gods Themselves

Isaac Asimov

N

025

Speed Dating with the Dead

Scott Nicholson

Y

026

The Final Solution

Michael Chabon

N

027

Kraken

China Miéville

N

028

Diary of the Displaced

Glynn James

Y

029

Wired

Douglas E. Richards

Y

030

Symphony of Blood

Adam Pepper

Y

031

The Eternal Husband

Fyodor Dostoyevsky

N

032

Turing Evolved

David Kitson

Y

033

Usher’s Passing

Robert McCammon

N

034

The Caline Conspiracy

M.H. Head

Y

035

Thin Blood

Vicki Tyley

Y

036

Dead Men Don’t Cry

Nancy Fulda

Y

037

The Tube Riders

Chris Ward

Y

038

The Annihilation of Foreverland

Tony Bertauski

Y

039

Lovers and Beloveds

MaeLin Miranda

Y

040

Season of the Harvest

Michael R. Hicks

Y

041

The Shadow of the Wind

Carlos Ruiz Zafón

N

042

The Whitechapel Gambit

Marcin Wrona

Y

043

Pegasus Falling

William E. Thomas

Y

044

Heart of Darkness

Joseph Conrad

N

045

Gunwitch: A Tale of the King’s Coven

David Michael

Y

046

Carmilla

Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu

N

047

Martuk … the Holy

Jonathan Winn

Y

048

Clay’s Way

Blair Mastbaum

Y

049

Heaven 2.0

Sam Haworth

Y

050

The Puppet Maker’s Bones

Alisa Tangredi

Y

051

We

Yevgeny Zamyatin

N

052

The Shopkeeper

James D. Best

Y

053

The Speed of Winter

B. Morris Allen

Y

054

Martyrs & Monsters

Robert Dunbar

Y

055

The Wayfarer King

K. C. May

Y

056

Ethan Frome

Edit Wharton

N

057

Sea of Crises

Marty Steere

Y

058

Brilliance of the Moon

Lian Hearn

N

059

Year of Wonders

Geraldine Brooks

N

So what is my indie scorecard?

37/59

In 2012 I was 62.71% indie!

Figures for 2011:
32/59 books = 54.24%

For 2013, I have set myself some reading challenges which will probably result in a lesser mix of independent reads. I will still endeavour to complete a minimum of 34 reviews over the course of the year.